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Primary
Other

Women and Social Movements: "Intellectual Progress of Colored Women"

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of Anna Julia Cooper's discussion of "The Intellectual Progress of Colored Women of the United States Since the Emancipation Proclamation," presented to The World's Congress of Representational Women in 1894. In it, she...
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Unit Plan
Other

United States Postal Service: Voice of an Extraordiary Educator [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the Postal Service's Education Kits, this pamphlet, from the Visionary Voices series, is about Anna Julia Cooper, who was an African American educator, feminist, and scholar throughout the late 19th century and the fist half of...
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Primary
University of North Carolina

Booker T. Washington, 1856 1915 Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the complete text from the book "Up from Slavery: An Autobiography", by Booker T. Washington, in which he explores his journey from slave to educator. Includes illustrations, biographical facts, and links to further information on...
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Article
Other

Anna Julia Cooper Project: Anna Julia Cooper's Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of Anna Julia Cooper, who had a long career as an educator and an activist who spoke out about the need for society to raise the position of black women, and to educate all people, regardless of their race or gender.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Social Realism: Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
Focused on his personal racial and civil philosophy, Booker T. Washington moved mountains making the public aware of the injustices and inequalities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Click "Booker T. Washington...
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Booker T. Washington National Monument

For Students 9th - 10th
The Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy, Virginia, is on the site of the Burroughs Plantation where Mr. Washington was born a slave in 1856. In addition to information about monument activities, this site offers a biography,...
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Handout
Other

Who2 Biographies: Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
Who2 offers "famous person basics" on Booker T. Washington, plus a list of four other websites about or related to this famous educator.